The Bauhaus was a real laboratory and at the same time a school where new principles of life were born. Even after a hundred years they are still very relevant. Let’s remember the main ones.
Furniture is for people The first sentence of the Bauhaus manifesto, written by Walter Gropius, was: “The highest goal of all existing arts is the building.” He believed that all buildings on the planet should be created for people, and not for the display of power. Their scale should be understandable, not overwhelming. To achieve this, you need to look for architects, craftsmen, and artists who can think independently. Those who could design with a holistic approach in mind. The entire Bauhaus design vocabulary is based on this principle of integrity: it was so precise, pure, and universal that it was understood throughout the world. The meaning of the thing is to lift your spirits and give warmth, security, and trust.
Beauty is eternal The Bauhaus did not just protest against the decorative and excessive – it staged a real riot. It was a liberating movement that returned design to its roots. The main thing is color, shape, and scale. The Bauhaus reintroduced the forgotten geometric aesthetic that had been used centuries earlier. Shaking off the dust from a treasured legacy, a new generation of artists and creators has revealed a timeless integrity. A clean, clear, classic style emerged. The Bauhaus elevated archaic aesthetics and “golden” proportions to the ideal. However, he never sought to be “fashionable”. It turned out to be a revision of true values.
Craft is the sophistication of design “We must all return to craft,” insisted Walter Gropius in his manifesto. He called for the creation of a new guild ethic when the artisan is equal to the artist. In the wake of the “dedicated effort of all artisans” to combine poetry and the secrets of craftsmanship, intuition, and technology, the Bauhaus appeared. Gropius emphasized that “craft is the sophistication of design”, in fact, he united them. At the Bauhaus, they equated what had previously been at different stages of evolution. Construction equals imagination, perfection equals craftsmanship, attention to detail, and passion for materials and technology. Balancing between all these components, the ideas of architects and designers became real masterpieces.
A thing is only good if it is improved “Make good things even better” was the motto of the Bauhaus. Participants in the movement within its walls combined art and craft, and did this with the help of the latest technologies for that time. Their curiosity about the production process and industry was truly innovative. Only such a passionate approach made the transition to a new quality possible: almost everything that came out of the hands of students and masters, with its appearance, overcame a stylistic and technical barrier. Each thing was added with some new, vital element.
If you get rid of more, it will last longer (less means more) The Bauhaus phenomenon is in its relation to design. This is what this approach is based on: endless reduction, getting rid of the superfluous. This school offered practically a distillate of the thing, its essence. Therefore, these items easily stand the test of time. For one finished item in the Bauhaus, there were a hundred ideas, and only one of them was realized in the material, the rest were discarded. Nobody rushed the students: their task was to create something that could outlive themselves.
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